Bottle-stopper.



No. 659,395. Patented Oct. 9, |900.

J. M. HARMONY.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

(Application tiled June 15, 1960.) (llo Model.)

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i UNrrnijfr STATES f PATENT OFFICE.

JONAS M. HARMONY, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DAVID H, JACKSON, OF SAME PLACE.

BoTTLE-sToPPEa SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N o. 659,395, dated October 9, 1900.

Application led June 15, 1900.

To 4cir/ZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, J oNAs M. HARMONY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark'and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Bottle-Stop'- per, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to a device for preventing the refilling of bottles or other pack' ages for liuids or liquids, and has for its ob io ject to accomplish this without interfering With pouring from or emptying such bottle or package whenever desired. I attain this by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 1 i5 Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the neck of a bottle with an ordinary cork, showing the stopper partly in section therein on, the linemx, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the neck ot' a bottle tilted or inverted 2o with the cork removed and of the stopperv therein on the line y y, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a de-V tached isometric view of one-half of the stopper-case, Fig. 4, a detached isometric view of. the Valve-seat, and Fig.`5 a detachedrisometric View of the valve. lSimilar numeralsV refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The case 1 ofthe stopper is made,.prefer ably, of glass and in two similarlateral halves, one/of which is illustrated in Fig. 3. The case as a whole is circular in section, with the diameter of the outer end slightly larger than the diameter of the inner end, thus making the longitudinal section slightly wedge. shaped. Within the lower or inner part of the case 1 is formed therecess or cavity 2,- the lower portion of which is somewhat constricted, forming the shoulder 3. Within and near the lower opening of the cavity 2 is provided the annular groove 4, adapted to receive the annular bead 5 around the lower part of the valve-seat 6. (Illustrated in Fig. 4.) The valve-seat 6 is also preferably made of glass and is cylindrical in external form in its lower portion, around which is provided the annular bead 5, as stated, from which portion it extends upwardly in form of a conic segment. Lengthwise or through the middle of -the valve-seat 6 is provided the opening or serai No. 20,388. (No molina passage-way '7, which is enlarged or ilared at 5o each end to allowfree flow of the uid or liquid.

'in emptying the bottle,

vparts may all be made in one piece and of' any other suitable material than of glass; but

for convenience in construction and for du.

rability l prefer to make them as described. `6o

Within the case l and extending upwardly .from the cavity 2 is the recess or cavity 8,

which is preferably circular in section, exceptthat it is enlarged along two oppositesides bythe grooves 9. The grooves 9 are 65 extended outwardly at their lower ends along the shoulder 10, formed by the junction of, the cavity 8 withv the cavity 2', to the outer face of the latter cavity, asshownin Figs. 2 and 3. The grooves 9 are also extended up- 7o wardly and inwardly from the upper end of the cavity 8 and coming together merge with the passage-Ways l1 at their entrance to the upper end of the cavity 8, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The passage-ways 1l begin to- 75 gether in the middle of the upper end of the cavity 8 and separating extend upwardly and outwardly to the top ot' the case land on opposite sides thereof, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

The valve 12 (illustrated in Fig. 5) is pref- 8o erably made ofA hard rubber or of such other suitable. material as will fioat on the fluid or liquid with which the bottle is filled and is cylindrical in its outer form and of a diameter to tit neatly the constricted part of the cavity 2. The valve 12 has a recess or cavity 13 within its lower part formed to Iig neatly over the conic segment portionof the valve-seat W'ithin the stem 14 and extending therethrough into the body of the `valve 12, but not connecting with the cavity 13, is formed the cavity l5, and from the top of 'the valve l2 around the base of the stem 14 is formed the circular groove or cavity 16, -which extends down into the body of the valve 12, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5.

The neck of the bottle is of shape and size suitable to conform with and receive the stopper and hold the same a short distancev below its mouth and may be reamed out with the groove 1 and the stem 14 of the valve in the cavity 8. The bottle being filled, the

stopper is inserted in it-s neck and rammed' home with sufficient force to prevent its being extracted, after which an Ordinar)7 cork 18 is used to close the mouth ofthe bottle, and

the package is ready for storage or for the market.

When it is desiredto empty or pour from the bottle, the cork 1S is removed and the bottle tilted or inverted, as shown in F-ig. V2. The liquid passes out through the passage 7 in the valve seat 6, and filling the cavity 13 of the valve 12 forces the same away from the seat 6, leaving the space 19 therearound, through which the liquid Hows into the larger part of the cavity 2 and around the outside of the valve 12. The outer end of the valve 12 being held against the shoulder 10 by the Weight of the liquid in the cavity 13, as well as by the flow from the bottle into the same, the liquid passesk through the grooves 9 around vthe end ofthe valve 12, along the sides of the stem 14, and into the merged inner ends of the passages 11, thence through the same to their outer ends and to the vmonth of the bottle, the course of the flow as described being shown by small arrow's in Fig. 2.

If an effort be made to refill the bottle with its mouth upward, or substantially so, ythe ow ot' the liquid inward through the passages 11 will converge at the top of the cavity 8 and first flow into and Iill the cavity 15 in the stern 11. Should anyliquid pass around` said stem through the grooves 9, the same will iiow into and fill the cavitylGin the valve 12. The weight of the fluid in these cavities will Abring the valve down onto its seat, if it is not a'lrcadythere of tsown weight,.with its lower outer edge completely filling the cavity 2 in its constricted part below the shoulder 3, as shown in Fig. 1, thus closing all avenue of ingress to the bottle.

lf an effort be made to retill the bottle with its -mouth down, or substantially so, the flow of liquid against the outer ends of the stem 14 and the valve 12 and into the cavities 15 and 16, respectively, therein will force the valve against its seat, if it is not already there Aby Heating, which floating action will be materially assisted by the air which will be caught in said cavities 15 and 16, with the eect, as above, of closing all avenue of ingress to the botl'le.

Having described my invention, -what I claim as new, and desire to secure Aby Letters Patent, is

`'Ihe combination of a bottle or package having a neck; a case vformed in two similar parts or halves located therein, the lower or inner end of'saidfcase provided with a cavity somewhat constricted at its lower end, a

groove located in said vconstricted part; a cavity of reduced size located above said larger cavity, with the grooves 9 located at thesides thereof; fthe passage-ways 11 joined at their inner ends and diverging outward; a valve-seat provided with a passageway flared at each end thereof, and with a rib to engage said groove; a buoyant valve slidably mounted in the case and provided with a recess or cavity at its lower end to engage the fixed valve-seat, with a groove extending downward and located around the -lower portion of theicavity 15 formed .in the valve, said groove andcavity closed attheir lower ends, and the upward-projecting .stem located upon the valve; all arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to .this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JONAS M. HARMONY.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH FREAsE, HARRY FREAsE. 

